Toy bank



March 25, 1952 A PUDARK ETAL 2,590,271

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Ill., assignors to Rapaport Brothers, Inc., Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application April 24, 1948, Serial No. 23,078

2 Claims. 1

Ihis invention relates to a toy bank, and more particularly to a toy bank having a registering device for totalizing the coins deposited in the bank.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an improved toy bank which will automatically total the amounts of the coins deposited in the bank, with the bank drawer remaining closed until a definite amount is deposited, at which time the bank drawer will automatically open.

Another object is to provide a registering bank having comparatively few parts, which is simple and inexpensive tomanufacture, which is fool proof and which will withstand long and severe use.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of the external portion of the toy bank.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a front plan view of the plate.

Fig. 5 is a view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view taken on line 66 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a rear view of the mechanism with the rear section removed.

Fig. 8 is a side view of the lever.

Fig. 9 is an end view of same, and

' Fig. 10 is a view taken on line 16-40 of Fig. 6.

The toy bank comprises a housing, generally indicated at l0, preferably formed of front and rear sections 12 and I4 which are secured together by a plurality of screws l6 engaging the threaded bosses 18 of the housing section. The sections when joined form an annular rim wall IS. The interior of the housing is divided into two compartments. Compartment 26 for housing the operating mechanism and compartment 22 for housing the slidable drawer 24. The external appearance of the housing may be that of the numeral II] with a dollar sign, although it will be understood that the housing may be of any shape desired. Formed integrally with the front section is an annular boss or axle 25 which supports thereon a rotatable gear wheel 26 which forms part of the counter mechanism. The gear wheel has twenty laterally extending teeth 28 circumferentially and uniformly spaced inside. the periphery of the gear wheel with twenty intervening spaces 29. Extending radially outwardly of one of the teeth is a pin 30, adapted to engage and operate the other counter gear wheel 11.

Fastly secured inside the boss 25 is a trans verse shaft 32, the opposite end of which is fast supported in a boss 33 in the rear housing section l4. Rotatably mounted on the shaft 32 is an annular plate or disc 34 which rests against the teeth 28 of the gear wheel 26. The plate has three laterally rearward extending lugs 36, 38 and 46, each on a different radius from the axis of the plate and adapted to be engaged by the coin positioned actuator generally indicated at, '44,, dependent on the coin introduced, as will be presently described.

The plates, 34 also has a lug 42 to be engaged by the stud 4| on the lever 46 for returning the plate to its starting position as shown in Fig. 7. The plate has an extension or ear 43 which strikes the stop 45 formed in the front section of the housing when the plate is rotated upwardly (clockwise as viewed from the rear as in Fig. '7) and returned to its initial starting position. The plate is out and depressed to provide a pawl 3| for engagement. with the side of the teethv 28 to rotate the gear wheel downwardly (counterclockwise in Fig. 7) when the plate is rotated, and. to override the gear teeth when the plate is returning or moving upwardly (clockwise).

Rotatably mounted on the transverse shaft 32 is the lever, generally indicatedat 46 (Figs. 8 and 9) which has an arcuate shaped extension 48 and a horizontally disposed coin platform or coin carrying member 50 formed at right to the longitudinal axis of the extension 48. The lever 46 terminates in a finger engaging piece 52 which extends outwardly of the housing and by which the lever is moved. The coin platform or coin carrying member 50 is formed of two horizontally spaced walls 63 and 54 between which the coin rests after it is inserted into the bank and carried downwardly by the lever to be discharged into the drawer. The two walls have uniform cutouts 55 and 56 so that the coin positioned actuator 44 can enter the coin platform 56 and position itself in the platform dependent on the size of the coin. Formed on the wall 54 is a pair of vertical ribs M which serve to block entrance of the coin into the coin slot if the platform is below the coin slot and not in alignment therewith.

The coin positioned actuator 44 is pivotally supported on the lever 46 by a pin 66 which is secured in a bossing 62 in the lever. The coin positioned actuator is shaped as best shown in Fig. 6 and comprises a longitudinal section 64 having an extension 66 terminating in an end 61 bent at right angles to the longitudinal sec,-

3 tion. The end 61 engages the lugs 36, 36 and 46, as will be presently described.

The coin positioned actuator also has a verti cal wall 68 at right angles to the longitudinal section and an ear 69 to which a sprin is secured. The opposite end of the spring is attached to the pin 12 secured on the lever 46. The spring 10 will normally urge the coin positioned actuator in the direction of the cutouts of the coin platform and the vertical wall 68 will rest inside the cutout portion of the coin platform and against the inside of the walls 53 and 54 if no coins are in the coin platform. If a coin is in the platform, the wall 68 will rest against the coin and urge it against the inner wall of the rim [5.

The upper end of the coin positioned actuator 44 terminates in a heel 74 adapted to engage the stop 15 in the housing and urge the wall 68 away from the cutouts in thecoin platform so that coins may be inserted through the coin slot into the coin platform when the platform is in alignment with the coin opening. On the return stroke of the lever, as will be subsequently described, the wall 66 of the actuator will engage the walls 53 and 54 of the coin platform until the heel l4 strikes the stop 15 and urges the actuator away, as above described.

'A coil spring 6| is supported on the transverse shaft 32 and has one end engaging the lower end of the lever 46, as at H, and the other end rest ing against the housing, as at T3, to normally maintain the lever 46 in its uppermost elevated position, as shown in Fig. 7, with the heel 74 engaging the stop 15. The coin positioned actuator being pivoted as at 60, the wall 68 which is engaged by the periphery of the coin is movable into and out of the cutout portions 55 and 56 of the coin platform on the lever 46 and the coin positioned actuator will be positioned dependent on the diameter of the coin introduced into the bank, as will be more clearly described in connection with the operation of my device.

Rotatably positioned on the shaft 16 which is suitably supported in the housing is the smaller g'ear' wheel 11 of the counter mechanism. This gear has ten peripheral teeth 18. The pin 30 on the gear wheel 26 engages the tooth of gear wheel 11 once during each complete revolution and moves the gear wheel 11 one tooth or space. That is, for each twenty movements of the gear wheel 26, the gear wheel 1'! will move once.

On the side of gear wheel 1'! is a triangular shaped stud 80 for engaging an L-shaped rocker arm 82 which is pivotally secured at 83 to the housing and which in turn operates to release and open the drawer 24 of the bank. Both of the gear wheels 26 and 17 are engaged by a spring Bl secured on the housing. The terminals of the spring are bent as at 8| a and seat in the teeth spaces of the gears, permitting each gear to rotate in only one direction as indicated and tooth by tooth.

The compartment 22 supports a slidable drawer 24. The rear wall of the drawer has a spaced end 85 providing an opening 86 for receiving a flat type spring 81. A spring support 88 fits over the corner of the spring and engages the underside of the end 85 for anchoring the spring in place. One leg 61a of the spring is bent at an angle and rests against the rear of the housing and the other leg 87b is raised and engages the abutment 89 on the housing to keep the drawer locked in the compartment 22. When the end 82a of the L-shaped rocker arm member 82 engages the spring 812; to depress it below the abutment 89, the spring end 81a will then move the drawer forwardly to the dotted line position of Fig. 3, and out of locked engagement in the compartment from which it can be further manually withdrawn, until the spring 81?) engages the front end 23 of the housing. A stop 84 formed on the housing is positioned directly over the end 82a of the rocker arm to prevent the arm from being pivoted rearwardly or clockwise.

The housing has a slotted opening I3, through which the upper portion of the lever 46 extends and the opposite ends of the slot l3a and I3?) respectively limit the movement of the lever.

The housing has a slotted opening for receiving the coins and a pair of adjoining openings SI and 62 through which the register is visible. The gear wheel 26 has impressed or imprinted on the face thereof twenty sets of numerals in complements of five, from 00 to inclusive, one set of numerals aligned with each tooth. These numerals indicate cents. The gear wheel H has impressed or imprinted thereon ten numerals from 0 to 9 inclusive for indicating the dollars.

The bank as described is constructed to register coins in the denominations of five cents, ten cents and twenty-five cents, although it can be readily adapted for registering other denominations by the addition and spacing of other lugs on the plate 34, similar to lugs 36, 68 and 40, as will be understood from the description. If a coin other than the above denominations (or that for which it is constructed for registering) is deposited, the coin will be discharged into the drawer as are the other coins but same will not register in the registering mechanism.

The circumference of the inner Wall of the rim I5 through which the lever moves is made on the same axis as that on which the lever is mounted, and the coin carried in the coin platform will engage the rim wall as it moves through the housing.

The terms clockwise and counterclockwise wherever referred to in the specification are the directions as viewed from the rear. as shown in Fig.7.

Operation The lever 44 is maintained in its uppermost raised position by the spring 1 I. In this position the coin platform or coin carrying member 56 is in direct alignment with the slot 96 ready to receive any of the coins for deposit. For example, if a nickel coin 94 is inserted and the lever 46 is moved downwardly, the coin positioned actuator 44 will be urged to the left (as viewed in Fig. 7)

by the spring 10 and will enter the cutout portions 55 and 56 of the coin platform and stop when it engages the coin, thus positioning the striking end 61 (Fig. 6) of the coin positioned actuator with respect to the axis of the plate 34 so that it is on the same axis and in the path to engage lug 46. Since it is only necessary to move the plate 34 one step or one tooth, the plate 34 will not move until the striking end 61 of the coin positioned actuator strikes the lug 40, at which time the lever 46 can only be moved further downward a suflicient distance to rotate the plate counterclockwise the equivalent of one space or tooth and simultaneously the plate through the pawl 55! with the gear wheel 26 will rotate the gear wheel one tooth thus changing the register from 00 to 05. The coin will be carried by the coin platform 56 until the platform is vertically over the drawer 24 and the coin will drop into the drawer. As soon as this occurs and the lever 46 is released, the spring II will urge the lever back upwardly and the coin positioned actuator 44 will enter the slotted portions 55 and 56 of the coin platform. As the lever moves upwardly (clockwise) the stud 4| on the lever will engage the lug 42 on the plate 34 and move it clockwise, causing the plate to override and be disengaged from the gear teeth 28. The gear wheel '26 thus remains stationary on the return movement of the plate 34. When the ear 43 of the plate strikes the stop 45, the plate is fully returned and the lever 46 is in its uppermost position, the plate 34 being returned to the same position it was previously.

The dotted lines in Fig. 7 show the positions of movement of the lever and coin positioned actuator when a nickel coin is carried in the coin platform.

If a dime coin is inserted, the coin positioned actuator will be positioned so that its striking end B1 is on the same axis and in the path of lug 38 so that when it is moved downwardly by the lever 46 it will strike the lug 38 and will move the gear wheel two teeth to register an additional deposit of ten cents. The return movement is as previously described.

If a quarter coin is inserted, the coin positioned actuator will be positioned so that its striking end 61 is on the same axis and in the path of lug 36, to strike lug 36 as the lever is moved. The gear wheel 26 will move five teeth registering an additional twenty-five cents. The return operation is as previously described.

When the gear wheel 26 is in the position shown in Fig. 7, the numeral 95 is visible in the cents column of the register and when the gear wheel is moved an additional tooth (as by the insertion of an additional five cents coin) the pin 30 of the gear wheel 26 will engage the gear wheel 11 to move it one tooth to show the numeral one in the dollar column of the register. Thus, with every complete revolution of the gear wheel 26 (twenty steps) the gear wheel 11 will advance one tooth or one dollar.

When the gear wheels are in a position shown in Fig. 7 and the stud 80 is adjacent the rocker arm 82, the register will be showing $9.95. Upon the further rotation of the gear wheels as by the insertion of an additional coin, the stud 80 strikes the rocker arm-82 and pivots it so that it engages the flat spring 81b and depresses it out of its secured position in the abutment 89. The other end of [the spring 81a moves the drawer outwardly or forwardly, as shown in the dotted lines of Fig. 3, so that it may be manually further withdrawn but cannot be removed from the housing. However, if it is desired, the drawer can be pushed modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.

We claim:

1. In a registering toy bank, a shaft rotatable about a horizontal axis, a counter gear wheel rotatable coaxially of said shaft, a disc rotatable on said. shaft and having on one face thereof a lug engageable with the teeth of said wheel and having on the other face thereof a plurality of lugs projecting laterally, a lever pivoted on said shaft and rockable about the axis of said shaft, said lever having a coin carrying member open at one end thereof and arranged to support a coin in any position of movement in a plane disposed substantially radially of the axis of said shaft, an actuator pivotally mounted on said lever and normally biased in the direction of said carrying member, said actuator comprising a lever arranged to be actuated by a coin to assume a position correlated to the size characteristics of the coin in the carrying member and having on abutment serving to engage one of said lugs on said disc and to rotate the same when said lever is actuated.

2. A registering toy bank comprising a housing, a shaft supported therein and rotatable about a horizontal axis, a counter Wheel rotatable coaxially of said shaft, a disc rotatable on said shaft and havin on one face thereof a lug engageable with the teeth of said wheel, said disc having on the other face thereof a plurality of lugs projecting laterally, each lug being on a different radius relative to the axis of said shaft, a lever pivoted on said shaft and rock-able about the axis of said shaft, said lever having a coin carrying member open at one end thereof and arranged to support a coin in any position of movement in a plane disposed substantially radially of the axis of said shaft, an actuator pivotally mounted on said lever and normally biased in the direction of said carrying member, said actuator having a projecting portion adapted to be engaged by a coin when a coin is positioned in said carrying member, said actuator having another portion adapted to engage one of the lugs in said disc thereby to rotate the disc when said lever is actuated.

ARTHUR PUDARK. HERMAN RAPAPORT.

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